Rig Veda · Mandala 8 · Sukta 55
Rig Veda 8.55 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 8): Kanva and Angirasa families. This Sukta contains 5 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 8.55.1
भूरीदिन्द्रस्य वीर्यं वयख्यमभ्यायति | राधस्ते दस्यवे वर्क
bhūrīdindrasya vīryaṃ vyakhyamabhyāyati | rādhaste dasyave vṛka
Rig Veda 8.55.2
शतं शवेतास उक्षणो दिवि तारो न रोचन्ते | मह्ना दिवं न तस्तभुः
śataṃ śvetāsa ukṣaṇo divi tāro na rocante | mahnā divaṃ na tastabhuḥ
Rig Veda 8.55.3
शतं वेणूञ्छतं शुनः शतं चर्माणि मलातानि | शतं मे बल्बजस्तुका अरुषीणां चतुःशतम
śataṃ veṇūñchataṃ śunaḥ śataṃ carmāṇi mlātāni | śataṃ me balbajastukā aruṣīṇāṃ catuḥśatam
Śakra, who like a curry-comb for horses or a golden goad, Indra, the Vṛtra-slayer, urges eagerly the opening of the stall of kine:
Rig Veda 8.55.4
सुदेवाः सथ काण्वायना वयो-वयो विचरन्तः | अश्वासो नचङकरमत
sudevāḥ stha kāṇvāyanā vayo-vayo vicarantaḥ | aśvāso nacaṅkramata
Who for the worshipper scatters forth ample wealth, even though buried, piled in heaps: May Indra, Lord of Bay Steeds, fair-helmed Thunderer, act at his pleasure, as he lists.
Rig Veda 8.55.5
आदित साप्तस्य चर्किरन्नानूनस्य महि शरवः | शयावीरतिध्वसन पथश्चक्षुषा चन संनशे
ādit sāptasya carkirannānūnasya mahi śravaḥ | śyāvīratidhvasan pathaścakṣuṣā cana saṃnaśe
Hero whom many praise, what thou hast longed for, oven of old, from men. All that we offer unto thee, O Indra, now, sacrifice, laud, effectual speech.
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